Sony Xperia XZ Premium vs iPhone 7 Plus quick camera comparison

30 April 2017
Our first hands-on with the Xperia XZ Premium at the European launch event quickly turned into an impromptu camera comparison with the iPhone 7 Plus.

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AnonymouseX, 01 May 2017Sony Xperia XZ Premium looked so disappointing at image pro... moreAhah....
Good one. :-D

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    • Anonymous
    • IWQ
    • 01 May 2017

    Womwww, 01 May 2017Better than Sammy, oversharpening and also fake colours,doe... moreActually Samsung is better. One of the pic is like something green splattered over it, now i know why everyone i know that uses Sony's phone before decided enough was enough. They seem to have good camera but their phone...

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      • Womwww
      • yAL
      • 01 May 2017

      Anonymous, 01 May 2017Sony's photos are so inconsistent, dark areas are totally ... moreBetter than Sammy, oversharpening and also fake colours,does not match real life colours,over saturated

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        • Anonymous
        • IWQ
        • 01 May 2017

        Sony's photos are so inconsistent, dark areas are totally dark and some colours are completely weird wtf. I thought their cameras are better now. After seeing this i'm skipping their phone now.

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          • Anonymous
          • JT5
          • 01 May 2017

          AnonD-542706, 01 May 2017Xz premiun destroy iPhone 7 in dxomark ok?Old z5 scores higher the iphone

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            • Anonymous
            • JT5
            • 01 May 2017

            AnonymouseX, 01 May 2017Sony Xperia XZ Premium looked so disappointing at image pro... morePixel size is according to resolution and sensor size.. You dont just choose it..

            1/2" is almost 50% bigger than the current one.
            OIS is not fast enough to work with PREDECTIVE HYBRID AUTOFOCUS that is an evolution of OBJECT TRACKING.


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              • Anonymous
              • 6p$
              • 01 May 2017

              I'm an Apple fan so I like iPhone photos better.

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                • Anonymous
                • JT5
                • 01 May 2017

                The default of auto mode is 12mp. Much better than 8mp of Z phones..
                But it can goes up 17 and 19 mp.

                  Sony Xperia XZ Premium looked so disappointing at image processing
                  http://imgur.com/a/6aKAt

                  Indoor shots looked mushed detail - I THOUGHT THEY ALREADY HAVE FIXED THAT?!
                  As a Sony fan, camera hardware must change
                  20.7mp 1/2" sensor w/ DRAM, f1.0, 1.5um pixel, OIS+EIS, and get Google/Samsung's Image Processing algorithm - that's it, is it really hard?

                  If I were them, I'd rather make a great successor to the Nokia 808 PureView and Lumia 1020, but seemed to be impossible to cram everything

                  May someone from Sony engineers understand this and enlighten them that this is not something from a flagship worth $700?

                    AnonD-632062, 01 May 2017This new GSMA viewer feels like a downgrade. Even if you ha... moreI wonder what would happen to gsma if everyone stopped using it. And I wonder even more when they make changes nobody likes, and ignores its readers by keeping the fugly look.

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                      • Anonymous
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                      • 01 May 2017

                      Zenodroid, 01 May 2017Since pixel xl has the best camera, it should be compared t... moreSee the video:
                      LG g6 vs Google pixel camera showdown
                      You will find out who is the new winner.

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                        • J7S
                        • 01 May 2017

                        This new GSMA viewer feels like a downgrade. Even if you have a big wonderful high-resolution screen, the new viewer occupies only a fraction of the available space. It's such a turnoff....

                          Someone Else, 01 May 2017"Guess its only your personal preference about ip7 camera b... moreMe a biatch only when others are biatch.
                          For example, if I state these XZ Prem shots are superb indeed, and someone calls me a fnboy for it.

                            Acon, 01 May 2017Even huawei P10I love my p10 plus, but I sure need to play a lot more with the camera. Just damn hard to see correctly with great sun and shades on.

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                              • gL4
                              • 01 May 2017

                              Zenodroid, 01 May 2017Since pixel xl has the best camera, it should be compared t... moreEven huawei P10

                                Tann Hauser, 01 May 2017Guess its only your personal preference about ip7 camera be... more"Guess its only your personal preference about ip7 camera being better here, isnt it? ..."

                                Yes it is. Do you have a problem with that? Like I said, the best smartphone flagship's camera just comes down to people's personal preferences (for most users). Some people like blueish colours, some people like warmer colours. Some people like saturated colours, some people like natural colours. So, there's no need to be a b tch and to defend your favourite smartphone just because someone else have a different opinion than yours.

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                                  • AnonD-664474
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                                  • 01 May 2017

                                  Looks nice
                                  But still waiting for the official one
                                  XZ Premium must have better camera than the XZs
                                  X Performance got the same camera as the X, and somehow produces even better results

                                  Same must go here
                                  But I'm not holding on here
                                  -Waiting for the "true" flagship Sony of IFA 2017

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                                    • LaT
                                    • 01 May 2017

                                    To be honest I could see any difference between the cameras? when you start getting to that point I would suggest you buy a decent DSLR camera anyways.

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                                      • Jozo
                                      • T4W
                                      • 01 May 2017

                                      Overall, as a consumer I like iPhone a tiny bit more. Consumer = I want nice point and shot photos on auto.
                                      Sony wins in the situation when there is good light and no big contrasts and then produces more "punchy" colours. I know that iPhone ones are probably more true to life, but I want "nice" photos from vacation.
                                      Sony loses when there is high contrast between different parts of the scene are present like in building photos (13) or beach with stones(25). Then the dark part is too dark to me. Also, what is with the left bottom corner in the beach photo(23)?

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • 3DR
                                        • 01 May 2017

                                        AnonD-77186, 01 May 2017Sony cam far better. I was expecting better tbh. zoom in on the images. see the fuzzy artifact from the software, looks horrid zoomed in. Much prefer my 6P camera funnily enough.